222/365 total nerd

222/365 total nerd, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

221/365 moonshadow, moonshadow

221/365 moonshadow, moonshadow, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

220/365 busy like the proverbial bee

220/365 busy like the proverbial bee, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

only picture i got of myself today, between getting a nerd tattoo with my bff and photographing the spitfest. pictures of adventures tomorrow, after i teach sunday school. (i desperately need the money.)

219/365 armed & dangerous

219/365 armed & dangerous, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

jesus christ!
so, jessica and erin are over here and we are watching star wars (on vhs!) and eating chinese food. i'm lying on the futon and i see a dark shape move past the window out of the corner of my eyes. then the street light across the street goes out. i get jessica to close the curtain, and then? a knock on the door. not a "hey open up" knock, but a very soft knock, as if to see if anyone hears it. we don't answer. assorted weapons are collected. it's hard to type with brass knuckles on.

one of my biggest fears is someone coming into my house without me knowing. i wish my roommates were here, because eventually erin and jessica will leave and i will work myself into a terrified mess, clutching a kitchen knife in one hand.

anyone want to have a sleepover?

218/365 metamorphosis

218/365 metamorphosis, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

growing wings.

217/365 i tell my own stories

217/365 i tell my own stories, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

this morning i dragged two of my favorite books off the shelf, a lifevest for the boredom of long afternoons babysitting a sleeping infant. i tend to find treasures for bookmarks, two blurry polaroids with illegible inscriptions, a packet of sweet orange tea that was given to me by someone who thought a cuppa would do me good. the pages of bradbury are scented with flower petals.

216/365 a wild creature

216/365 a wild creature, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

visitors from out of town bring out the best in me- having to entertain them drags me out of my house and challenges me to find cheap or free things to do.

215/365 keep on keeping on, like a bird that flew

215/365 keep on keeping on, like a bird that flew, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

tired, in a good way. i've been really busy.

214/365 sankofa

214/365 sankofa, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

"return and get it", a symbol of the importance of learning from the past. my mother's favorite adinkra symbol, and i suspect my next tattoo...

213/365 straight out of the camera

213/365 straight out of the camera, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

212/365 a paper crane

212/365 a paper crane, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

210/365 working from home

210/365 working from home, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

211/365 these are the days of miracle & wonder

211/365 these are the days of miracle & wonder, originally uploaded by katie cowden.

when you work with kids, sometimes you have days where various bodily fluids end up all over the place, and your favorite necklace gets broken during a strangling hug and there are tears and bandaids and constant emergencies and scheduling problems and loud noises. but this is all part of growing up, and maybe at the end of the day you see an infant boy start to crawl, or the best cloud you've ever seen from the upper deck of the highway, or you sign a lease for a house with two of your best friends and eat sushi until you think you might explode. this is life. this is a song sung out loud, off key, making up the verses until you get to a familiar chorus.

don't cry baby, don't cry.

209/365 abandoned now, just like the war

209/365 abandoned now, just like the war, originally uploaded by katie cowden.